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Carroll Men Finish 4th in 2025 USTFCCA Program of the Year Standings
Story Links NEW ORLEANS, La. – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) has announced the final standings for its Program of the Year Awards. The Carroll College Men finished the 2024-25 season in fourth place in the final standings. Fresh off of a program-best team finish […]

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) has announced the final standings for its Program of the Year Awards. The Carroll College Men finished the 2024-25 season in fourth place in the final standings.
Fresh off of a program-best team finish at the 2025 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championship, the Fighting Saints were recognized with a top-five finish in the final USTFCCCA Program of the Year standings – another program-best.
The USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award honors the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year (spanning the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field seasons) based on the institution’s finish at their respective Championships.
Fueled by a bevy of All-American performances and individual titles, it was a banner year for the Carroll Men, as the Cross Country team, and both Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams placed inside the top-12 team scores at their respective championship events.
The Men’s Cross Country team, paced by All-American Zack Gacnik (Confier, Colo. / JR), completed the National Championship 8k course with the fastest team time in school history (2:05:53). The 12th place finish at the national meet was the program’s best since the 2015 season.
The superb year continued on for the Saints at the 2025 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships, as Weston Means (Billings, Mont. / SO) captured Carroll’s first individual title since 2022 with a school record High Jump of 2.15m (7′ ½”). Three other Saints grabbed All-American honors at the championship (Gacnik – 5000m | Krack, Monaco – Heptathlon), leading Carroll to an 11th place finish.
2024-25 culminated with a Frontier Conference Championship, a pair of individual champions, and a top-five finish at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Means successfully defended his High Jump crown, sweeping the yearly competition. Tucker Monaco (Bakersfield, Calif. / JR) earned All-American honors in both the Pole Vault (8th place) and Decathlon (3rd place). Josh Smalley (Missoula, Mont. / SR) ended his career with an All-American 6th place finish in the Pole Vault. Reuben Hornby (Kalispell, Mont. / JR) finished runner-up in the Javelin, while Brycen Garnder (Spokane, Wash. / JR) placed fifth in the 3,000m Steeplechase. Carson Krack (Whitefish, Mont. / FR) was outstanding, winning the Decathlon as a true freshman, to help vault the Saints into their highest team placement in program history.
In order to be eligible for the award, teams must qualify for each of the Championships. Scoring is based on the team’s finish at each Championship in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field (i.e. 1st = 1 point, 2nd = 2 points … 31st = 31 points) with the lowest total score for all three championships combined determining the award winner. Ties among schools split points for positions taken.
To view the full USTFCCCA release on Program of the Year honors across all divisions of collegiate athletics, click HERE.
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